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B. A. BUTTS & L. PAGE. CORK EXTRAUTOR.

No. 508,367. Patented Nov. 7, 1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. BUTTS AND HARVEY L. PAGE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,367, dated November7, 1893. Application filed April 28, 1893. "senn No. 472,234. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWARD A. BUTTS and HARVEY L. PAGE, of Washingtoncity, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Cork-Extractors, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to that kind of cork extractor consisting of aband, which passes around the cork vertically or lengthwise, and formsat its upper part above the cord a loop for drawing the cork after thelatter has been driven into a bottle; and the invention consists in thenovel means employed by us for applying and holding the band on the corkwithout requiring any positive fastening for the purpose. We pass theband around the cork, so that its free ends shall meet and overlap orcross each other on the bottom of the cork. These ends may be stucktogether at this point by gum, shellac or the like, not for the purposeof making a permanent fastening, but simply to keep them together duringthe further manipulation of the cork and until the application of thedevice by which they are permanently held in place. This device consistsofacapsule of paper or other suitable material which in sheet or diskform is put over the mouth of thebottle. The cork with the band appliedto it as above stated is then driven into the bottle carrying with itthe disk which as a capsule envelops and surrounds the neck and bottomof the cork, and completely incloses and holds that portion of the bandwhich extends upon the bottom and that portion of the sides of the corkcovered by the capsule. The capsule by this operation is in effectmolded to and upon the cork, and clings thereto, holding the band veryfirmly in place. A little flour paste, gum or the like, can be firstapplied to the paper so that when shaped up into a capsule it willadhere more firmly to the cork. But this is not indispensable.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 represents the band, cork andpaper disk. Fig. 2 represents these parts in position over the mouth ofa bottle. Fig. 3 represents them when the cork is driven home in thebottle.

A is the cork; B is the band, which may be tape or other suitablematerial; and O is the paper disk or sheet.

hereinbefore indicated. When this has been done the disk 0 is placedover the mouth of the bottle, and may have a little flour paste or thelike on its upper face at the point where the bottom of the cork meetsit; the cork with the band applied toit is then placed on the disk asseen in Fig. 2, and is then driven home into the neck of the bottle, asin Fig.3. By this operation, the disk, as seen in the figure lastreferred to is convertedinto a capsule which envelops the bottom andsides of the cork and is compressed tightly thereon, serving to holdfirmly in place the portion of the band intervening between it and thecork, and preventing any possible slip of the free ends of the latter.The band is thus securely held without being pinned or otherwisepositively fastened to the cork; and can be most expeditiously andcheaply applied. An endless band is not required; the ends of the bandmay be loose and unattached to each other and the band itself canconsist of a mere piece of tape of convenient length which without otherpreparation can be applied and used in the manner hereinbeforeindicated.

What We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The cork A, the band or strip B applied thereto as specified, and thecapsule C enveloping the bottom and sides of the cork and holding theloose ends of the band thereon as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures.

in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

L. NORRIS, WILLIAM SOHERER.

